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dUAI upon a moonlit sea 

Was floating without sail or oar ; 

A stately man within it sat 

Gazing upon the less'ning shore. 

A cherub child was on his knee, 
Clasped closely by his circling 
arm, 
Who, by her little tender words, 
E'en then his troubled soul could 
charm. 

The Duke of Milan thus is cast 
Upon the foaming waters wild 

(By his own wicked brother's deed), 
To perish with his only child. 

But God sent aid with dawning 
light,- 
A lovely island he descried. 
To whose fair shores, with verdure 
clad. 
The boat was drifted by the tide. 



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He took his infant in his arms, 
And sprang upon the yellow sand. 

And there upon the shore he saw, 
A gibb'ring monster, staring stand. 

The only human creature there. 
Who scarcely owned the name of 
man, 
A speechless monster — but m time 
The duke's strong servant — Cali- 
ban. 

The banished Prmce a home soon 
made 

Within a rosy coral cave; 
And Caliban (as we have said) 

Was his uncouth but useful slave. 

And other servants, too, he had; 

A hundred sprites his will obeyed; 
Fairies that dwelt in forest bowers. 

Or spirits who on sunbeams played. 

And thus within th' enchanted isle, 
The sweet Miranda throve and 
grew, 

Her father, and the sprites he ruled, 
The only beings that she knew. 

No birds nor animals were there; .^ 
1 Yet oft beneath the cloudless skies 
j Sweet music floated on the air, 
And sang her gentle lullabies. 




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Swift Ariel at once obeyed. 

And soon a mighty tempest raised, 
And while the winds and waters 
strove. 

About the ship like fire he blazed. 

Striking two guilty souls with fear 
Who stood upon the flaming deck; 

The wicked brother and the king. 
Who saw Heav'n's judgment in 
the wreck. 

The King of Naples, who had joined 
With that bad man m awful crime, 

Believed the punishment he feared," 
Had come in God's appointed time. 

For Ferdinand, his only son, 

Had leapt distracted from the side, 

And (as his weeping father thought) 
Within the raging sea had died. 

But Ariel the youth had borne. 
Uninjured through the foaming sea. 

And laid him m unconscious rest. 
Upon a verdant flow'ry lea. 

There he awoke to magic strains, 
Which seemed to mourn his father 
dead. 

And following the guiding sound, 
To Prospero's own cell was led. 

The fair Miranda there he saw — 

Mirailda, who had never known 
The face of any human thing. 
Save her dear father's and her own. 






The duke feared lest Alonza's son 
Might not be honest, true and good. 

So made him powerless by a spell, 
And set hmi to bear logs of wood. 

Miranda, sorry for his fate. 

Would of his labor bear a part, 

And by her generous kindness won 
The captive prince's honest heart. 

Prospero watched them both unseen. 
And learned to trust his princely slave 

Released him from his irksome toil. 
And for his wife, Miranda oave. 





Meantime the king and the bad 
duke. 
Who reigned in noble Pros- 
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^ '^^v^ By wand'ring music and sweet 
^ sounds, 

'' About the fairy isle were led. 

With them the g^ood Gonzalo went, 

Prospero's tried and faithful I 

friend, ! 

Who comfort sought to orive the ' 



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For his fair son's untimely end. 



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Now Caliban was sent for wood ; 

A lazy slave of late he'd grown, 
Unwilling Prospero to serve, 

Or any law of duty own. 

So the great master sent his' elves 

To pinch him, or to give him pricks, 

To make him use his lazy strength. 
And keep him from malicious tricks. 

Suddenly, as the wood he bore. 

There came before his startled sight, 

One that he thought a sprite must be, 
Who might, perchance, pinch, or bite. 

Then thinking if he lay down flat, 

This strange new elf might pass him by, -. 

Upon the earth he threw himself, 
And m deep slumber feigned to lie. 

But it was Trinculo he saw 

(And not a spirit as he .thought) 

The merry jester of the king. 

Whom chance to this lone spot, had 
brought. 

Soon after, the ship's butler came. 
Amazed such company to find ; 

The monster lying at their feet 
Was surely not of human kind .^ 





Stj ihe two sliipmates womrring stood, 
And gazed on him in blaniv surprise, 

While he — now trembling" with aftright — 
Loudly to them tor mere)- cries. 

Then kneeling, kissed the butler's feet, 
And prayed him to become his king, 

Saying that he would bring him Iruits, 
And lead him to the freshest spring. 

And when the butler gave consent, 
Up from the earth the monster sprang, 

And reckless of Duke Prospero's power, 
This song of wild defiance sang. 



Caliban's Song. 

No more dams I'll make for fish. 
Nor fetch liri ng at requiring ; 

Nor scrape trencher, nor wash dish — 
Ban ! Ban ! Ca-Calaban ! 

Has a new master — get a new man. 

The monster next his plans revealed : — 
" While Prospero, his master, slept. 

He — Caliban — should lead these men 
To where the magic books were kept." 






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Fhese they must seize ; then kill the duke 
While in his quiet sleep he lay — 

Miranda should the butler wed — , 
Neither to this dark plot said nay 

But Ariel their treason heard. 
And their fell purpose to defeat 

Spread temptingly beside the path, 
Rich garments, for a monarch meet. 



And while they quarreled o'er the spoil, 

He brought a pack of fairy hounds, 
And hunted them the forest through, 

With shouts and merry bugle sounds. 

But still the king and 

the bad duke 
Searched smiling plain 

and barren shore, 
For the young prince 

whom still they hoped 
The hungry ocean 

would restore. 





Suddenly on the tranquil 
air, 
Soft solemn strains of 
music rise. 
And figures, strange, fan- 
tastic, wild, 
Appear before their 
startled eyes. 



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The figures vanished : Ariel's voice 
Their secret sins then loud pro- 
claimed, [struck. 
In burning words, till conscience 
They bowed, repentant and 
ashamed. 

Then Prospero, with pity moved, 
Declared himself, and pardon gave ; 

And showed to the unhappy king. 
His rescued heir within his cave. 

There with Miranda, chess he played. 
The kine with tears embraced his 
son; 
And thus, the duchy he had lost. 
By Prospero,- was fairly won.. 

His lovely child would wear a crown. 
Of Naples she would be the 
Queen ; 

And never more upon that isle 
Would Ariel or his lord be seen. 

For Prospero will burn his books, 
And set his much-loved spirit free, 

Within the cowslip buds to lie. 
Or roam the air at liberty. 

Yet first, at Prospero's request, 
The ship and crew all safe he 
brings ; 

And then, rejoicing, takes his flight. 
And ever as he soars he sings, — 



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